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1 tt2'AJ -.-iJ M n' J ' . ... . vis-; t-- ?1 i " CHAPTER IX. (Continued.) His voire trembled a little 0"f r that la at word, and his grasp tightened mi tbe lini, burning fingers. Slowly she lifted ker eyes to his and loosed a', him. He did love her. She could have read thut Much iu hi.i face if he had teeu a mute. .But could she love Lim? The river roared like an angry torrent In her eara. For an instant she felt as If she were falling falling through a cold, cutting wind. Then her braiu cleared and her limbs steadied. , "I will," she began. But before she Could add another word he had caught ker to him. He was kissing her as no man bad ever kissed her, and she felt her face - tingle and burn with a kind of shamed urprise under his touch. "Oh, Dnlcie!" with a long sigh of con tent "what a happy man you have made sne this day!" He held her from him for an instant nd looked at her, then gathered her clos er in his arms. The hot, crimsoned fine was laid against his shoulder, the pretty dark head touched bia cheek. At that moment a gentleman who was passing along the top of the bank looked down and saw tbem Julian Carre, with ii. rapturous face bent over her as she lay In Ma arms, listening to him as he tried to tell her bow he loved her, bow rejoiced ke was that she loved him. For be took It for granted that she did love him, and Dulcie was thankful that he did so and sked no questions. t If Julian Carre, glancing up, had seen the face looking down at him, or if Dul cie, lifting ber bead, had caught a glimpse f the tall figure that dashed away so fnriously down the footpath, how would It have been? Would it have altered the future that lay in wait for them? Would It have turned aside that fate coming so wiftJj toward them? When she arrived at The Elms, Dulcie found a telegram awaiting her. It was from her uncle, she knew, and ber hands hook as she took it up. What would it j ay to her? She had told herself, when ue wrote ner letter, tnat the answer to it hould decide her fate. It had come now; ud she hung back, and felt afraid to open it and read. Mrs. Hardinge went awnv nd .t i With a little ihlnr n.,ii "... , aele s telegram and read the lines it con tained. "From Dnrer Levesqne, London, to iMUL-ie Levesque, The Elms, Wood ley, ot I have only just got back from r where J00 are 'or the pres--cnt. Am well." " hy"teric !Kh, she cniHhed ihlm aheet op between ber palms, till It waa little better than a ball. "Kiamet," she said. "It u riti "Why ahould I t.-r to escaper "Then you may r-:ul th:, and remem ber voij liaTe said yi-j' L. (,:.'., uud.'' She had been fuuiblius 'n the pocket of her habit, !.r d at !:'t .!-.c i .r.i ;.-!it i'jt a letter, Iclting her liamlk'Ti-bii'i .,.'! n twisted paper la!i out lit the sain,' i,n : Slie picked these up hastily, wi'h a W- glance ai Dnlcie, still sitr'ng iu; 'er fuc trw. itb her gray beits ipepint; fro.ii Unier her pretty gray and red lirt, B ui her ejes fixed drca:ni!y on the tree ioj s above her head. KKther tmik the letter and read it, an ex pression of wonder almost atnou:;tir to dusir.ay coming into her eye. It was a very courteous and even cordial invita tion from Lady Harvey to s,jend a week or ten days with theia. "I think you would not refuse to come to us," she wrote, "if you only knew how Clare Iihh get her heurt upon havit g you." Lather a at a loss what to do. !-'':? t rtoui.t. aid tarn bitter regret, which lore J U.n,!y. -How often bibs; I ten yon bow bis heart, and made eren ber lauty dark UMeroil It is for a girl of your age to n.j love ner. He IflUsl k.f e i climb tree, like a treat lad? I)n not tom h the nest." uj touch it, nut, Arthur i cmw rrwy I not tVe jnt one little egg? Ihe omI Wrd could not niiwi one. to him. II hei M e vi' a thuiisaml times too irood lor hiui. A;.d n lien she was Ms. his very m,i, that uolbiug in the worid could mo Mmi them, then iulie4 he would lie happy, or o he told himse'f. "I iirt t tell you soiuethiug, Etty p-K-utly. pbltiog up ber hand to I'e ...; r ' liia o.it, ani smoothing it y. i.d 1 aut you not !o be vexed U...U! it." 'Vcicl, my )r'.i)tr' st irting a little. "Why ft-M I ! vexed about anything on c lie CHAPTER X. I Somehow, after that dinner party at AMmf lands, the friendship between the homsea seemed to grow and strengthen Immensely. Lord Harvey and his friend were almost every day at The Elms, and Mrs. Hardinge made them welcome. .There could be no doubt about that. Once or twice Lady Harvey had called, and. her daughter was a frequent visitor. Thia tgirl amused Dulcie. "1 always think of Hans Andersen's I'gly Duckling,' she aid, "whenever I look at Clare Harvey! Could the miser felt sorry to refuise a kindness, that m! a!mo.st be called a favor; but doubly sorry to disappoint her little worshiper. Bu how could she go? 'My dear," she said aloud, holding th letter jn ber band, aud looking up Clare Harvey, "I had no idea it was any thing like this that you wanted me to do for you. 1 am sorry, but I am afraid cannot keep my promise." "But you said you would do it It It were In your power, and It is in your power, nothing could he easier, I am sure. Mam ma will send the carriage for you, and 1 will come in it, and and" brokenly "you ought to come." "I wish I could Indeed I do; but I don't see how it can be! Do you, Dulcie? "Do I what?" Dulcie inquired, languid ly, coming back from her survey of the tree-tops with apparent reluctance. "Iady Harvey has sent rce a most kind invitation to spend a few davs with her. Do yoo think I conld go? At this partic ular time, you know," she added, hastily, DitiKnmg a viTid crimson, Nothing had been said to the Harreys about her engagement, the intimacy bad not warranted it; and she did not like to say now, bluntly, to the young lady:. "I am going to be married in about three weeks from to-day, so that I have no time for visiting." "Oh, yes! you can go. I see nothfng to nmner you," Dulcie said, otiietlv. "There! I knew It," Clare Harvey cried, rapturously. "Oh! thank you, Miss I-e- vesque, for siding with me. When shall we come for yoo to-morrow ?" Jo-morrow!" Esther laughed. "That would be too soon." "Oh, no!" pleadingly. "Ton must come to-morrow! Shall we sav five o'clock?" "Weil, yes; we'll say five, then, if it must tie to-morrow," Ewther assented, amused at the girl's earnestness. When she had kisoed Esther, she turned to Dulcie, and held up her face. It was tne first time she had ever done such a thing, and Dnlcie stared a iUtle as ahe bent and kissed her. "What a lucky girl you are!" she said to Etty, as they stood and watched the slender girlish figure galloping away. "Thc-?e grand foik have all fallen in love with you; and you don't need their love in the least, while poor little me, who would 1 grateful for it, they pas over as a.nolKxly." They were very busy for the next hour, choosing dressoa and matchir.ir rihtw.nu j .hi. mm up H.ray uus or old luce that ! am! kin-wl her, and smiled to Me l e mil i-ilor th.it Hrng ujKin cheek in. ! I -o ,r nt the toi.cb of his lips. "Wil, 1 am vexed, aw fully vexed," she S'tc!; "o I could i-ot very we'! help my n f. I. a y Hnrvey ha asked me to-go to ! !ie; l.;i .'s on a viit for a week or ten 0 p.s, ami"' !...'.;ng wp ln: hi face rath er ai.xwii-aly have promim-d to go to morrow ." his rr!i t'fhteni-d aiioiit her with an a:!T-3t !iei- -e chisp, bia face darkened and H::UM r.eMoi.M.v. "V ui are pot angry, Percy?" "No, I a-.n not angry, und yet" with a heavy i-, "oh. my darling, bow shall I eu-'iuiu to be without you?' "ji:t It is r!;!jr for a week, Percy" very so.'tiy, iie-ttiipg a roiy cheek against -ui. "Only a w eek, cliild. How much might l-!:i!,cu in that time? And I need you, Luy, uot-.i your voice, your .face, the touch of j oar hand, as suiely no man ever lit! ied a woman bctore." l or in ,, er she turoed her bead, and It"---i! her lip t the hand that rested on l.er s!n!il-!er. This was the ma a Beat a wuiiiti fcavw her give up for that plain, se vere l.ni lia.ney, who leaked as if be had never known what love was! un, my dariing," he thought, "as if I wouid give you up for all the lords in Creation: Shall I not go, then?" she asked him IT it trouoli-s you so, I will write and tell Iriy Harvey that I have changed my mmn. ' He looked as If be scarcely heard her. A pucker of pain or thought had come between his eyebrows; hig face was very stern ana wiute. Aire ting her took, he rouseu ninwelf. toil must go, of course, dear! You could not draw back now; and I" with a kiss, and a faint smile "must do the best I cn without you. Thank heaven, it won t tie for long! In three weeka, Etty, our "good-bya' will be over. I shall have you with me then, always to comfort roe, aud and to make me forget all the world out yourself." -Ana Ivstber, listening, felt her heart throb. A great lor Cttllle over her Thoir fiire looked so bright that she could only bow her head arvl hide her happy tears against bis breast. -o?" regretfully. "I am not going J ich It, but, Arthur please don't I ue obi ir.ru cmua nor un one. I H " j Al " it la another moment she sorang to the il A .),,, rr ,uA T i Jt ? ground cioae U-.ide them, her dress soiled 1 ? TVTP v '"7 '" LLVU fr'IZ. - , - PfTT' ? iV 'I i' and torn after her .,a,.,i,!eB. I. r-ZM H ?' "You are a ni-lK.king fig. re, certain- fcySSi5'-- ' 'JiJSit. ly. Do yon know that Miss Dnrrnnt w.!, 1 . . . . . . , go away Uiinking yo little better than . y-lr mmonH will dry out and crack tht i.i i:.i.. u: i i. . . . . t t ' o.c uiiK uiins! uaie wen more ungainly i nujo on no account be "one without -for a duckling tlian she is for a young i When they had finished, they felt otrte lady? I ba.rdiy thing that it could. Ami tired. 1 don't believe she will ever find bereelf transformed into a swan, so she has uot that hope to comfort her." 1 And yet the girl had a good, honest face, and keen, frank eyes lii.e her hro'h . er's, and a amiie that conid make one forget the large r-outh, and United foe heiui, aud sallow, thin cheeks. Esther liked her. She talked to her, nd mode her feel herself a welcome guest -whenever she came, and,-in return, the girl adored her. The tali, beautiful wom an, with her slim, w-hite hands, aud grace ful movements, was a Tery vision of tie light to the dreamy, awkward, unripe child. Her brother was ber comidaol as to the friendship if friendship it could be called between Esther, content and at rest in her own secure little world, and thia crude young soul, to whom all worlds were new and strange. She was never tired of tailing him how beautiful Esther Dnrrant was, and how kind and how clev er! And he, with a rare patience, listen ed to it all. ( Ho April passed away in pieaannt mo notony, and the first of May came round. The twenty-second would be Esther's wedding day. On the eve of May day, Clare Harvey rode over to The Elms, accompanied by a groom. Esther and Dulcie were in the lime walk, sitting, the one on a low buffet, the other on the grass. They had come out there to work, at least Esther had, for Dulcie, never fond of her needle, had utterly refused to put in stitch on such u evening. They both heaVd the clatter of hoofs, nd both Hushed a little, each at her ow& thought as to whom the visitor might tie. I'resently Mrs. Hardinge appeared at the W, and Clare Harvey beside her. giie had brought ber out to them at ber own artiest desire. The girl came harrying down the walk, ker feet tripping in her long habit, ber Velvet hat on the back of her bead. droll smile flitted across Dulcie's face ut the sight of -her; bat Esther welcomed kef wsrmly. "Oh, Miss Dsrrant "scarcely pausing I) side nod, "I Want yoa to prosa kse to do samethimj for we!" jt Is itr-smillni at the tanned JoaHr face, dark red now with baste m4 frsWstMWs. - "A w frt dealt Tot eu auk m Vim baopjr. snythhM" breok- little t sight of DaWs mmmm- A :f!tj J A t jm but W nro, kt mr pswsr," tatlstr uowoioi. -fall v 'u t .W ' . . "A pity it inn't bitime." rulcie said. "There doesn't seem anything worth go ing downstairs again for to-night." At that moment Mrs. Hardinge came in. "Have you finished?" looking round at i'- (iire coafuhToii that reiguei all over the r-'-.ii. "Yes, just finished." Dulcie replied. "Then you had better go down, Etty. Percy is in the draw ing room'" "Percy!" Esther repeated, in surprise. "What can have brought him at this hour?" "lie had to come to Crewdsou's about the Imim-, he says, and then be came on here to see you." Without waiting even to look at her self in the glamt, Esther hurried off, and Dulcie coiled herself up in the corner of the big chintz sofa. "I an; terriMy t'led," sle "i.nd i know they don't waut me, so I may aa well rest myself where I am." Mrs. Hardinge smiled and went away to her own little sitting room, so that Esther and her lover might have the drawing room to themselves for a while. Percy Stanhope was standing before one of the windows, his bands in his pockets, his head bent like a man busy with bis own thoughts. At the sound of Esther's rapid steps be turned. "Oh, Percy! I am so giad you have come to-night," she said, as she came up to him. "Are you? Then I am doubly glad." The rosy light that was fading in the it sent Its Inst rays Into the room and touched the girl's head and face, and her hands held out to blm iu welcome, lie took tbeia, and held them fast In his, while a red color surged Into bis face, and his eyes, looking at her oh, so teaderlyl gr-w misty and dark. "I conld not be so near and not come to you! You are the good angel of my life. Etty. The sight of you stills all the bit ter pain at my heart." Hhe smiled op at him, deepest love, tru est faith shining in her frank eyes. Totf silly fellow," she said, softly, "as if yoo knew what 'bitter pain' wss." He shivered a little, and drew her head down to .s hr;.4.. .Tie pure, (Kile face, the lovt-!!; hted eyes, ?Hs sensitive, ten der niou'h, were they not besutiful? In the swift-changing lights of the lingering onset, ber besnt seemed to brighten as one bss seen the heart of the lily flow, when the warm sunlight bss ponred upon It, Against bis Mack coot, her softly tor! cheek snd chin. tb w hiteness of be brow ffloaasM like oa ejrQ.,lctte cameo, ate too.ed at bar ta a pr m' m at lore nn4 CHAPTER XL The first evening Esther Durmnt spent at Abbeylnnds left an impression behind it which the girl never quite forgot. The lofty, soft-carpeted rooms, the subdued lights, the gorgeous colors, which some how never seemed too gorgeous, but blended and contrasted with exquisite art that fascinates one in Eastern embroid eries, these things enthralled ber. Life here seemed so different from life else where. Yet with all this grandur, there was no stiffness; the simple charm of home was over all. And every one was so kind to her. Will you forgive my seeming rudeness. Miss Dun-ant, if 1 venture to ask you a question?" The speaker was Lord Harvey, and Esther, a little surprised, looked up at bis grave face, as he stood beside ber. I shall not think you rude for asking me a question. Lord Harvey." They were standing in the flower garden at Abbevlamls. He bad brought ber to how her ihe pretty artificial pond that was called "iJi.ly Kuima s Follv" be- u.'se it Nd Veen the whim of one of the ladies of the bo!;e to have the waters of lie river turned aside Into her favorite irdeu. and a tiny lake formed. lue banks were green with waving grasses and ferns; and tall trees grew dow n to the water's edge. In the center of the lake was a tiny isliu.d, green and yeilow with osiers, where the swans made their iif-Ms. "lial tiiis is a question I have no right to ask," he r-.id. siowiy, after a panne. " ou may e- en reseat my uA.lug it. And, Br'Mouf. as l am to nnve my q :'.,!ioti an swered, I am still it ore anxious not to vex you." Luther smiled and flushed a little. Some instinct warded her what his question would be. ".Vow, how can I te!I whether I ahull be vexed or not till I Uar your question?" she pu'tu, j;ayiy, "That is trite. A report h:m reached me. Miss Purrant" liiofcing, not at her, but away over the shinirg sky-refiifcting water "that you are shortly to be mar ried. I should like to btar from yourself if it be true." "Vs," briSM-ed, "it is perfectly "And it i: to je w?' "In a little tiore than a fortnight." He started a little, snd a dark color roe in his face. "You have been so kind In answering my questions that I shall venture on an other. Ijo I know the gentleman?' "I think so" flushing hotly. "At lesst, I believe you have met him. It is Mr. Stanhope." He looked surprised. "I thajik you. I bor,e you believe that my questions arose from interest, and not from mere curiosity." She bowed. She did not know what to say. In truth she had felt, mors than once before, wofully and miserably awk ward In this man's company daring these past few days. And yet he had been kind to her. Wbeu she looked back on the pleasures of her visit, she found, to ber surprise, thut they ha1 owed thir chief charm to some effort on bis part to please her. He bud been her almost constant companion, and somehow those few days of pleasant social intercourse had made him seem almost like a friend. She hod quite forgotten to be afraid of bim. What had those days been to bim? Only his own proud heart knew, "Arthur! Arthui!" his sister called, shriiiy. She ' td sTamhied up Sa!o .; hratc.be of an onk, and n- . swung on one hi bough, half over the wate. "I have found nest, ftacfe dear! There are four tiny speckled eggs la It" Esther laughed, and turned to look ap t the girl, swaying to and fro m ker airy perch, as bappy the moot rsggeU Isd to the village uould bare beea la ker plo. "Josjw down. Class," w brother ult, young savage?" t)h, no, she will not flinging her am round Esther's waist, and renting bet cheek against her. "She can climb treei herself; she told me so." "Is that true, .Miss DurrantT' "1 in afraid it is," she owned, blushing divinely, and lauyhing iu spii of her con fusion. "Then for the future I shil rank climb ing trees among the accomplishments." Clare, her eyes half shutas if against the blinding sunshine, her red lips parted in a smile, uestled closer up to Esther. "You see, whutever you do U right," she whispered. The next dny, after luncheon, Ird Harvey, rememlwing a promise he had made a few- days before, asked Esther to go with him lo the music room. It was a long room, ojeuii.g off the en trance hall at oue end, and looking into what was called the court yard at the other. Like the banqueting room, It wss paneled in oak, and, though quite a mod ern addition to the house, it was fitted up in the antique style. Here and there, lit tle oes in the desert of bare, shining boards, were laid down bright-colored Turkish rugs. There were one or two huge, carved chains, the backs of which were eovertj with quaint clusters of laes and grasses a.id exquisite devices of bird and twig. And against this dark background of somber oak the tall organ pipes made quite a glitter. The window looking into the cotirt yard was partly of stained glass, richly illumined, and pour ing through this the sunshine fell in shift ing colors upon the dark boards. iTo be continued.) t - Form of Futcnr Iteet. Deep plowing is generally recom mended lu su'ar beet culture. Except where the subsoil Is very porous It Should be loosened up with the subsoil plow. The proper preparation of the oil represents a most important fea ture of sugar beet culture. The cut ammonia will dry out and crack ths harness worse than It will to use It a, liing time In cold weather. As the sm monln penetrates the leather. It causes the latter to rot and the harness becomes worthless. The Farmer's Pay at Ffand. There lg no longer any doubt concenv Injr the Immediate otitk'ok for too farmer. Every Indication is that price arp golnj? to be fair and the proflta from agriculture such as to make farming a lucrative occupation. The years Just ptut have b'-en such as to try thg skill f f the farmers, nml thosii who have not taken advantage of mcclera method and uru-hiriery have had a hard tlma, indeed. J We do not exruct to have universal agreement, as to the return of good Vhen times gtt so (pod that Jtt-cWlM,, Prnll,llr. Dr. Ian Mac!rm Watson's protest j -aiui me American s wastefulness of rood, particularly In the hotels, has much truth In It, according to the Idler of the New York Evening Post, who gives some of his own hotel experiences In support of bis opinion. He knows of a New Lngland summer hotel, on a treeless Island, where "all articles of food coming from the first table werr thrown Into the sea," and where he had himself seen "chickens hardly touched. rounds of beef, trays of vegetables, and rvery variety of cake and deoserts tossed to the Osh." He speaks, too, of the bad state of things In one of the new hotels In Florida, where the meals were bad and the m-rvlce slow, not be cause the owner knew no better, but because be tried to give his patrons what seemed to them their money s worth. What he could have given them, at very moderate cost, was good table d bote dinners well served hows the Ideal form of sugar beet, grown In good soil wlt'u a parous sub- j tim-8 oil. It also represents- a less desirable , no o-.e will tomnlain that farming docs form of beet, w hich may be due to a , nt pay ) ne millennium will have ar lubsotl so bard or other conditions so I rived. Tho average farmer does not make money exen lu tlu- best yesft' The average crop of corn in this coun try Is only twenty-four bu.-ihels to tbs acre, and the average crop of whyit oTJf-lial? th's. The aTerace cow m.tkes less than 100 pounds of but'er In a year, and tiie average hen lays but three dozi n e;gs la twelve months, and all of these at times when prices are lowest J These returns are not such as to In sure a profit when prices are si their highest. Below the average production there are many who must fare badly. They struggle along In a stats of dot eriy and put In their time complaining about their lot We believe that not one In 1,000 farmers who read the ps' pott anil adopt tnoflei-n methods get crops fhe yield of which is as low Cm the average of the country. The man who takes every advantage that skill and science places at his command may confldomtiy count on crois above tho avorage, and many times so far altovs that his profits wJU be entirely satis factory. It is those reading, thinking farmers who make farming a profes sion to be proud of. To thinn the coun try looks for that material advance ment that rais the price of railroad sticks and sets the faotorltss going. They are jtolng to have their Innings now. The Farmer's Voice. TDIAL BEST OfE tKM PEMRABI.E. unfavorable that the root has grown mostly near or above the surface of the ground. Asricaltnral ConrUblp. A potato went out on a mash. And sought an onion bed; "That's not for mel" observed squash, And all the beets turned red; "(Jo 'way!" the onion, weeping, cried, "Your love I cannot be; The pumpkin be your lawful bride; You canlelope with me." the did offer them, as being the thing they were willing to pay 5 a day for, was an overwhelming bill of fare, from which tbey might order a huge amount of curious and superfluous food. This hotel owner said he thought that Amer icans put up with poor cooklnjf In hotels because their home cooking was so rudimentary, and that one of the charms of going to a hotel for persons who lived poorly at home lsy In the power of ordering expensive dishes they iwver saw on their own tables. Dr. Watson seems to have rig-tit on bis side when he says that If the Americans are to be a great people they must learn thrift But onward still the tuber came. And laid down at her feet; lou cauliflower by any name. What he i 11 w'" wheat; Room for Argument. Two men became enaed in a heated discussion over the question of taxing bicyckiS. "1 tell you," said otic of tbem, grasp ing his gold-headed cane In the middle and KjMaking with much earnestness, "you bicyclists demand altogether too niudi. You want govxl roads, but you are not willing to pay for tbein." "les, we are," refilled tiie bicyclist. "but we are not willing to pay more than our share. We protest agalat be ing singled out for special taxation. Good roads benefit the whole com muuity." "I!nt yon want the good roads espe cially tor rieye'e-T!j?ng. if they are made pood In resiwiihe to that demand, why shouldn't you pay sometbltig In re turn for It?" "Well," rejolwd the other, "b-t us sou how that argument works when turn ed the oftier way. Yo'i want Rood side walks, tood sidewalks benefit the whole con.;,, unity, but they are of spe cial benefit to yon beeaue you wear better clothes than the majority of men, and muddy walks and crossings would damage yon more. The suit you wear now cost more money than the bi cycle I ride. How would you like tr have to pay a special tax, based on the value of the clothes you wear, for keep ing up the sidewalks, hey ?" Youth's Companion. Restrictions on lbs Hindoo Wire, The Hindoo holy book forbids a wom an to see dancing, bear music, wesr Jewels, blacken her eyebrows, exit dain ty food, sit at a window or view her self In a mirror during the absence of her husband, and allow him to divorce her if she has no sous, Injures his prop erty, scolds blm, quarrels with another woman or presumes to est before hs has finished bis ueaL Old Mrsi at Thirty. There are two interesting Instsnces of tbe effect of water npon the human ystsin. Ia tbs Alps and ths Pyrenees there is a racs of people who are old men at 1!S years of age and who die at 30, this being w&Usijr Am to their drinking Urns wter. The (Alnsoa, est the other hstad, drtok notUag bat imtav wmtsr, and as a aatioa tkstr loaftrKjr to ycoTtfWaX r? H4-VYul4 jm gw angry If I w to slip m am aroaad ywnt ebs-Xsw jat try U sad jq And I, too, am an early rose; And yon I've come lo see; Ho don't turn up ycur lovely nose. But spinachat with me!" "I do not carrot all to wed. So go, sir. If you please;" The modest onion meekly said, "And lettuce, pray, have peas! C!o, think that yon have never sees " Myself, or smelled my sigh; Too long a maiden I have been For favors in your rye!" "Ah, spare a cuss!" the tuber prayed; "l!y therrysbed bride yon'Il be! You are the only weeping maid That's eurnint now with me!" And as the wily tu!er spoke, He caught her by surprixe. And giving her an artichoke, Devoured her with his eyes. Selected. , Ensltnire Wngron. Whwe there Is a large amount of corn to le cut up for ensilage, a Dumber of teams are required, ami much shih la getting the fodder to the cutter from the field. It Is often noceswury to ex temporize a wagon to inert tiie demand. Th cut fcbowa such a device. Two bn? pU--v of Joist are held the right dis tance apart by strips of boar-l nulled 8.TOAa them. The forward eiulst are tfandr In t-ltiKlitcrln(. A tripod for lifting a carcass, wf?h the poles sixteen foot long," illustrated In the Rural New Yorker, Is operated as follows: Hore the holes to let the poles spread ten fee apart at tbe base. To sot up ' f ron MKTIXO A CAMCASS. for use, dig three holes In tbe ground six Inches deep, so that the tripod will stand six or seven feti high when set In the bobs, as shown In the figure. When slaughtering, fasten the beef to the triiwd. have a rope from the bass of the single pole to reach out between the oUier two poles, and hitch on a team to draw tho pule In toward ths other two. Sd doing will raise the beef as high as desired. i I I f0Sv 1 . SfTiS XZTKMPORIZKD rXSILAOR WJlOOif. fastened upon ihe axle of a pair of farm wagon wheels, while trucks sup port the rear ends. A very good load could be hauled without the trucks by rounding off the rear ends of the Joist so they will drag easily over the ground. Buch a frame is exceedingly hundy, as It is low, aud can be ap proached so readily from all sides, there being no large wheels In tbe way. A-inerioan Agriculturist. Lime as Milk J'rcserrntive. Bonis of the Chicago papers complain, and with reason, against the practice of a few farmers In putting lime In their milk cans In order to keep the milk from souring. Salt also Is used by some for the same purpose. Both lime and alt are alkaline, and will therefore help to prevent acidity. Hut in Just ths pro portion they do this they make the milk Indigestible. W hen put in the stomach milk becomes acid as the first step to wards digestion. All alkaline sub stances are, for this reason. Injurious when combined with food products. Harass In Hot Woatber. During tbs summer months ths har ness hould be wiped dry every day if oidy to remove accumulated (west and dirt It Is not best to wash ths har ness except rarely, sad then the surface skoold bo nibbed ovsr with a doth dlppod la vacuum oil so as to prevent tbe harness from cracking. Bo far as possible tbe haroew should be kept awa? .b) the aUkl'a, tbsct la In isumnisr ettong smell of 's, frari rapid d. n-tnarsa. 'ials Southern Cora Altrnys Lflte. It Is always tbe rulrt that corn grown far North ripens much earlier than Southern corn. It not only bus to be came the te:u.oa In much shorter, but it jnttH be reine-mlxr-red that tho South ern corn gets during tbe growing sea son or from the 21st of March to ths 21nt of September fewer hours of sun light than does the far North. This la probably tbe reason why all kinds of vegetables attain their highest per fection and greatest yields near ths northern limit of their growth. Ths Rotitlieiu corn Is mainly of the soft Dent or horse-tooth varieties, while Northern corn, thut yields tbe most grain, belongs to the Flint varieties. Totatoes Make olvy tin Iter. Every farmer who has ever grown po tatoes knows that they are of little value for feeding raw to stock, and that they are especially objectionable as feed for cows giving mllk. Wo have Vnown potato peelings to be given to cows, and while the quantity of milk was not lessoned, Its quality was In jured, as It lncked the fine aroma given by feeding the cows on grass or corn fodder. The butter made from milk of cows to which potatoes have been fed, Is white and salvy, lacking tbs grain which Is the characteristic of good butter, American Cultivator. Htabble PleM Weeds. Pome weeds seem to hold pnwvewsloa of the land persistently, but when they are kept down by frequent cutting oil of the tops It Is but a matter of tlms bnfors tbey will die, as every cutting csuses exhaustion. Tbs stubbie field Ii a favorfte pisves for weeds, but la ths mower Js run over ths Held tbs weeds will be prevented from seeding until tbe land can be plowed. flosllfir and ncVllng-a. Goslings ul ducklings freneTdi now signs of lameness when'tirly frown, and ars slso aftToted with. Tr tlgo. Ths cause Is due to feeding Urgs ly of grain- During waitn waatbar they will thrive better If allowed norb la but craaa, Ail aquaCo Urda re quiM bulky strbsjtsssoss. s4 wtQ Huivs ss a otss oc wMaBsfaieQ I